The Eagle Ford Shale boom started in 2008, and by 2011, personal income in counties with oil and gas wells permitted or producing had risen almost universally, in some cases dramatically outpacing income growth for Texas at large. Click on a county below to see the change in per-capita income from 2008 to 2011. Counties in the Eagle Ford Shale have bold borders.

Red: Per-capita income decline. Yellow: Per-capita income growth of zero to 9.99 percent. Green: Per-capita income growth of 10 percent or higher.
Map and analysis by Joe Yerardi/San Antonio Express-News, Source: U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis